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What’s Shy, Has Eight Legs and Eats Spotted Lanternflies?

Invasive joro spiders have been spotted as far north as Maryland. Scientists say it’s only a matter of time before…

World

Andre Braugher, Actor on ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ Dies at 61

He was best known for playing stoic police officers on two acclaimed but very different television series — one an…

World

U.N. Seeks Repayment of $63.6 Million From Former Official

The official was fired after investing millions in U.N. funds in housing and energy projects that went badly. He is…

Arts

A Poet of His Time, for Better and Worse

A new biography and a career-spanning collection of Anthony Hecht’s work show how fluent he was in his period’s style,…

Arts

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Revisits His ‘Illusion of Suffering’ on Broadway

As with so many family reunion plays, the squabbling Lafayette siblings in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” dislodge their share of skeletons…

Travel

Why Defenders of Harvard’s President Are Focused on Academic Freedom

The principle is highly valued by many at American universities, but critics say it is sometimes invoked to dodge repercussions.

Politics

My Kids Look White. Does My Thai Father Make Them Asian?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on representing multiracial heritage, especially when the details are complex.

Arts

David Mamet, a.k.a. ‘Embittered Dave,’ Would Like a Word

In a new memoir, the filmmaker and playwright shares his opinions on Hollywood past and present.

World

Monday Briefing

Conditions worsen in Gaza.

Arts

‘The O.C.’ Creators Are Right Back Where They Started From

With the publication a new book about their influential teen drama, which debuted in 2003, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage…

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